Page 5: Historical Events In May - 24

1895  On May - 24 playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

1895  Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on May - 24.   

1895  H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on this day in history.   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1898  On May - 24 kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)   

1899  On this day in history the first auto repair shop opens in Boston   

1899  On May - 24 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)   

1899  Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times) on this day in history.   

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on this day in history.   

1900  On May - 24 britain annexes Orange Free State   

1900  34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼ on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.   

1902  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on May - 24.   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) on this day in history.   

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on May - 24.   

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on May - 24.   

1905  On May - 24 mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)   

1906  Edmund Sargant, solicitor on this day in history.   

1908  Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1908  On May - 24 kresimir Fribec, composer   

1909  Bristol University granted Royal Charter on May - 24.   

1909  On this day in history guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  On this day in history margers Zarins, composer   

1912  Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)   

1914  Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt) on May - 24.   

1915  Enemy Contracts Annulment Act on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 24 formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried   

1915  On May - 24 italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on May - 24.   

1916  On May - 24 conscription begins in Britain   

1916  French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured on this day in history.   

1916  Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname on May - 24.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on May - 24.   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.   

1153  On May - 24 david I, King of Scotland, dies   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.   

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

1612  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48